Activity that is DRINKING BEFORE DRINKING. Usually to drink before going out to a club or party. Sometimes the reason for pre-gaming is to get a buzz started before arriving at the destination, and sometimes to spend less money trying to obtain a drunken state at the bar or club. You don't even have to change locations to consider it a pre-game. It could be getting a couple drinks in before your friends arrive at your house to drink. But it always is drinking before an event that includes drinking. You can pre-game by yourself or gathering with friends. But the gathering must change in order to count the initial gathering as a pre-game. Such as the group of you going out after the pre-game. It is not pre-gaming if you get together to drink and do not change something such as A)location or B)several members of the group. That is just extra drinking time.

1) Let's pre-game before going out, I don't have enough money to get drunk at the bar unless we do.

2) I must have pre-gamed too hard last night because I didn't even stay out til midnight, I was too drunk and had to go home.

3) Yeah, we're going to be late, we're going to pre-game first. See you there afterwards, have a shot waiting for me!

4) Hey guys welcome, yeah, I had a bad day so I pre-gamed while I waited for you. Have a drink, try to catch up. :)

5) We'll meet you at the club in a half hour, I'm at Lisha's right now, we're pre-gaming first.

6) I don't think I'll pre-game with you guys tonight, I've got to work early and don't want to get too drunk tonight, but I'll still meet you there for a drink or two.

n. To drink before going to a party. This most often happens because they party where you are going to will be carding and you are under or because you want to drink something hard to start your night off. Often pregaming happens at the house and involves taking shots.
v. The act of partaking in a pregame.

1) We really need to pregame tonight before we go out.
2) I really pregamed heavily last night. I feel really sick now.

Verb. To drink. Derived originally from tailgating before a sporting event such as a football game, it later became known as drinking before any gathering. It now refers simply to drinking, because any activity afterward is acceptable to drink for.

You: Dude, let's go out and shoot some pool.
Me: Naw I'm just gonna pregame and play some Nintendo, then go to bed.
You: What you pregaming for?
Me: Bed.